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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-01
The Biters Were Bitten.

One of the slickest tricks I ever saw
was performed in a Denver faro-room.
The boys had been hitting the bank
pretty heavy, and, although it was
early in the night, the bank was sew
eral Thousand dollars loser. Dave
Keets was running the game, and final
ly took the deal himself. Half an hour
had passed, when one of the players
asked for a cigar. Dave said to the
stranger, in the most natural way i'm
aginable:
"Try one of these. 1t is a brand L
smoke myself" and he began fumbl;ng
in a lower drawer, his head being be.
low the table.
The lookout" at this momentturned
his head to address remark to by
stander, and the box was left unpro-
tected. In that brief space of time
small fortune was lost. The stranger
who had asked for the cigar reached
over, and, showing the top card, dis
closed the queen of hearts, and then
replaced it before the dealer resumed
his position. Handing over the cigar,
Dave made motion to shove the top
card. but half dozen voices called
to him to hold up. Of course,
he waited, and look of sur
prise passed over his face as
every one began to copper the queen,
and inside of five minutes every cent in
the room-S12, 00o-was coppered on
that queen. Finally everyone was
ready, and amid silence in viii h L
tn ught 1 heard the humping of one
mans heart, Dave showed the top card.
J;solos;po that oalfoapoa ouaap 90
hearts, and everybody breathed easier
until another push and the queen of
diamonds lay bare. There were a
number of groans and one oath or two,
but the man who wanted cigar had
disappeared, and the bank took in half
of all bets made in silence forced by
the consciousness that the biters had
been bitten. Washington CIi.i,.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-01
The Torpid Liver" Myth.

Another silly notion that is widely
prevalent is that relative to inaction of
the liver. The term torpid liver" is
in every ones mouth, and is held to
account for every bad feeling, whether
it be due to excess in eating or drink
ing late hours, lack of muscular exer-
else, excitement over bad ventures on
the market, or other 70 m OF dissipa-
ton. The liver is quite an important
organ, and has much to do with the
secondary processes of digestion-those
which go on after the stomach and pan
creas have done their workout it is
innocent of most of the sins aid at its
door The bile is manufactured in
large amounts daily, but we know posi-
lively of but few uses to which it is put
in the body, and of still fewer drugs
that are able to increase the daily out
put. If we were certain that we could,
at will, stimulate the huge gland to
secrete more bile, it is very uncertain
that any benefit would result from
"arousing it from it's torpor. ST
Louis Globe Demo rat.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-01
A Little Postal War.

A New York merchant received an
account sent by Cincinnati house in
which there was an error of cents.
The latter wrote about it. The post
age on the letter was 20 cents, payable
on delivery. Indignant at such pay
ment, and determined to punish the
New York merchant, the Cincinnati
house inclosed him by mail a package
containing several old papers, on which
the New York merchant had to pay 81
postage. The New York merchant re-
turned by mail a package, the postage
on which cost the Cincinnati house So.
This was continued, to the benefit of
the postofiice fund, to the extent of
$50, when the Cincinnati house sent by
mail the "log-book" of ship, for
VIII ch the New York merchant paid
81 in postage, and gave in that he was
boaten.-Dry Goods Chronicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-01
THE OLD APPLE TREE.


rhs golden sun was sinking within the far-off
A. meath tho apple tree In tho yard my grandpa
The dew vas gently falling. the birds had ceased
And nature everywhere sent forth the tender
shoots OF spring.
Meath the apple tree. ON rustic. sat grandpa
with his cane,
And Watching the cattle coming home along the
And the golden rays of sunlight fell on his sill
very hair;
I stood and watched in silence the light SO
strangely fair.
Then said "Grandpa. the sunlight that steals
through yon thick bough
Makes the hair look just like silver threads that
lie upon your brow.
His mind began to wander back to the by-gone
And he said. "oh. Willie. tbs strangely queer
that things do change so fast
'Tis forty years or more, guess, since this
tree was planted here;
Twas but tender sapling then. but now it
-ris growing still, and healthy yet, its leaves
are green and fair,
But an. alasl times silvery frosts have pow
dersd white my hair.
i saw a tsardrop slowly steal down grandpa's
wrinkled cheek;
He leaned his head upon his cane, and then he
loft him then to mediate, in the sunlight
warm and fair,
Upon the past and things so changed since he
wore golden hair.
The old apple tree is living yet. but grandpa
now is dead,
And In the eve l often think how it's thick, dark
shade it shed
Upon the silken snow-white hair OF grandpa s
aged head.
love that tree, always shall I call it Grand
pas tree"
And when dream I sit beneath its shade, it
brings fond thoughts to me;
The longer life is lent to me love il moro and
more,
Because around it memories cling Of him l
loved of yore.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-01

Ir is related that in England school
Inspector who delighted in common
sense questions, propounded this: IF
/ met you coming down the village
street and said Animal! animal what
would you say?' The right answer re-
mains mystery; the real one ran:
@Saa / shud saa yeow was fule."
Undaunted, the examiner next asked
why the sea is saltP He got three an
swers: One, because of the Var
mouth bloaters;" one, "To keep the
drowned folk sweet" and one from a
pious little maiden, Because God
made it So
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-01
POLLY BASHFIELD,
AGED EIGHTEEN.

THAT is what is on her grave-stone in
the buying ground, If you'd like 20 look
at it,"
/ don't know whether she said anything
more. Bradley says / tainted. l don't
admit il. but if l did, vow IL was that abom-
Unable supper. A ghost bail But L
wouldn't sleep in that "north room" again
for any fortune practical man as I am.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-01
The Orator.

Gladstone says it is the business of
an orator to give back to his hearers as
rain what he has received as mist. The
effective orator utters the thoughts of
his auditors, and not his own, but bet
ter than they could. He must say what
they wished they had said.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-01

CONCERNING the use OF tea and coffee
by children, DR.. j. W. Putnam, OF
buffalo, says: ain these little people
nothing but harm can come from the
use of such cerebral stimulants as tea
aud coffee. / speak emphatically, be-
cause not only among the poor and un-
educated, but among the rich, who
should know better, this practice is
marvelously prevalent. Childhood is
the period when the nervous activity is
at its greatest. The nervous SYSTEM is
pushed to its utmost capacity, and long
is the list of victims that follow its
over stimulation. DR. Foote's Health
Monthly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-01

AT the close of 1886 the American
Association of Science, according to the
report of the permanent Secretary, had
1856 members. OF these, 631, being
specially engaged in scientific work,
had been elected to the rank of fell
lows.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-01
Life.

Life consists not in the abundance of
things that we possess, but in the good
and honest work that we do. Let us
vow that we will live, not to lade our
souls with the thick clay of earthly
riches-not to daub our lives with the
untempered mortar of human praise
not to waste our labors on those gains
of the wilderness which can neither
satisfy the souls hunger nor quench its
thirst, but for what's best and greatest.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-01

WELL" said an old gentleman, I"
who stumbled as he was trying to make
his way around group of walters,
well, this is really working ones
passage round the whirled."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-01
Too short.

Society girl-"Johnny, where's your
reh pole.
NAL brother-"Up in the attic
1t 10 you want of it,"
dropped my opera glasses into my
Lat when got home from the matinee,
and they're caught there"
"How far upf"
NEAR the top"
mo use gettiu' the pole, then; faint
long enough 10 reach 'em. -TLi-L its.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-01

On life's highway SANDER takes toll
from regulations.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24
A SWAMPER'S CAMP.
How the Dwellers in the Louisiana
Swamps Build Their Huts.

How the DwelIers in the Louisiana
Swamps Build Their Huts.
A Louisiana swamper's camp con-
Sists of a lot of slabs from cypress
tree, here called pcws. These are
driven upright into the ground. A roof
of the same material is added; hunks,
benches and table on the same primi-
tive principle are soon constructed, and
the camp is finished. "When we first
arrived" writes a correspondent, sin
one of these blissful bowers, things
were dry and comfortable, but this con-
dition was of short duration. The
water rapidly rose, and was soon two
feet deep under table and hunks.
Then, at least, became more intimate
ly acquainted with the neighborly spirit
that lurkes in the bosom of the mecca
sin. Upon awakening one morning the
first thing that appeared to my horri-
fled gaze was a moccasin that seemed
to me ten feet feel long Ct was found
to measure two) curled up in my
blanket asleep. He seem to be per-
fcctly at home, and, though felt con-
fident he had mistaken his apartments,
his air of perfect serenity and conf
dence in my understanding the awk-
wardness of the situation for him, in
case | demanded an explanation,
wrought upon my nervous nature to
such an extent, that rather than
awaken him and demand his card,
| determined to leave him in
full possession. In fact, my solicitude
for his feelings was such that in
order to not disturb him, l scarcely
breathed until / was safely on the
floor. Once there and out of reach,
l felt my courage and anger rise and
demanded satisfaction. | accordingly
dispatched him with a ramrod, aud
hung him by the neck to the under
side of the bunk. Soon after we got a
king snake in camp, and that settled
any further visits from moccasins.
King snakes are the particular pets of
swamp, and woe to the rash stranger
who kills one; for, if his performance
is witnessed, sound and conscien-
tiously laid-on thrashing is the certain
result. The only excuse accepted is
ignorance, and it will not work a
second time. This beautiful reptile well
deserves the protection it receives. 1t
kills every other snake that crosses its
path, and all manner of vermine. Ii
can by no provocation be induced to
attack man. have seen combina.
ton of boy and stick sufficient to strike
terror to the heart of any thing les:
formidable than rhinoceros, and the
poor creature would content itself with
hiding its head under its coil. ant
await with patience the departure o.
its tormentor in search of more stirring
game. The meek and lowly spirit thi,
thing exhibits under affliction. is touch
ing 10 behold. and has been greatly
neglected in pointing morals ans
adOruing tales, Chicago Nail
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24
GLASS OPTICS.
Some Interesting Information Concerning
Rather Curious Industry.

Some Interesting Information Concerning
Rather Curious Industry.
On East Fourth street there stands
glass case containing varied assort-
ment of glass eyes that stare at the
passer-by without WEAKNESS or wink
ing. There are some tiny glass deer,
with long, graceful antlers, and colored
porcelain knick-knacks of various sorts,
shapes, and sizes to tempt the taste of
lovely woman, or the ceaseless curios-
ity "Oh, mother, do buy that" of
childhood; but by far the most prom
inent features of the tiny showcase are
the horrid, cold, death-like, clammy
glass eyes that stare you full in the
face.
Going up the narrow steps the pro-
prietor was found.
"Oh, yes,n he said, ~ have been in
the business many years. My father
was in it before me-"
And where do the glass eyes come
fromPn
"A large number are imported from
Europe. Attempts have been made to
manufacture them here, but they have
never succeeded to great extent.
The finest are made in Paris; good ones
are made in Switzerland and Germany.
They are made of glass in the shape Of
a hollow hemisphere. The pupil is
formed of colored glass, and requires
the greatest skill on the part of the
workman. The white of the eve is i'm
itated with wonderful accuracy. It is
of cream white. yellowish white, blus
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24
A Snake-Eating Bird.

There is resident of the bird-house
that would like to see snakes more
often than the friends of the festive
corn or entangling rye. 1t is the saw
bird, a peculiar little creature that was
received recently. With her mate she
was brought from Mexico in charge of
a seaman of New York vessel. The
tar had just been paid off, and when he
was given few hours liberty started
off on a constitutional. leaving the birds
on the dock. One died. A customs
officer took the survivor to the Mexican
Consul, and he gave it to the Philadel-
phia garden. The bird is eccentric in
diet. 1t feeds on lizards and snakes,
but at present is existing on worms
Philadelphia Times.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24
TRUE HOROSCOPES.
Reliable Planetary Indications of Character
and Fortune.

and Fortune.
"Please cast my horoscope. Born in
New South Wales, March 4, 1871, 8
p. M" You are under Cancer and the
Moon, but you can have the cancer cut
out. You have a good deal of common
sense, but you haven't it with you. You
may have left it accidentally when yoe
embarked for America. You are want
ing in balance, as you show by sending
only portion of our regular fee and
promising the balance in the spring.
IL. N, born in Skohegan, August 8,
1868. What are my future prospects?"
You are under Mars and Sagittory, with
a leaning towards Saginaw; therefore
YOU are liable to an affection in the
lumbar region. Iwould advise you not
to drink, owing to the deleterious effect
that it has on weak minds. Your future
prospects will depend a good deal on
what floor your room is located on.
"Maggy, born in Paducah, February
S2, 1864. What kind of man will
marryPn About any kind of a man you
please. Maggy. You were born under
Gemini; but, Gemini! you didn't stay
there bong. You have a will of your
own, and the most expert will lawyers
couldn't break it. When you select
your man and make up your mind that
he must be your husband, he might as
well 90 for a license at once. He will,
doubtless. be good-looking at first, but
YOU will soon make him bald-headed.
and rum and remorse will give him 4
rcd n0se.-TeraS SiftjRgS.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24
HUMOROUS.

If you are just gone on young
woman, my son, do not color your
mustache, for we have good authority
for the statement that "true love never
dyes. IN y. Graphic.
Bill Nye's New Poem.--I am now
preparing poem entitled: "The UNI
brella." 1t is dainty little bit of
verse, and my hired man thinks it is a
gem. / called it 1.-The Umbrella" SO
that it would not be returned. THE
Rambler
First ward dude at recent social
affair" Miss M, have started q
mutual admiration society" Miss NJ
"Ah When do you invite the other
membersP' Then a deep, solemn still
ness brooded DER the gathering
Elmird Gazette.
DE. Carver, the well-known rifle
shot, says that an orange hit in the ex-
act center by rifle-ball will vanish at
once from sight. An orange handed to
small boy will vanish almost as quick
ly, without wasting a rifie-ball on it,
NorriStoacn Herald.
The farmers hired man who has
been getting out of bed every morning
at four o'clock to feed the stock will be
mad all over when informed that the
actual experiments prove that horse
can live eleven days and cow nine
without food.-DetroI Free Press.
-Organist-" As your party marches
down the aisle l will play some inn
pressive march," Prospective Bride
groom" That's good; but be particu-
lar about the key" Organist-"Oh,
certainly! l invariably play wedding
marches in B-hat; two flats seem so APP
pirate. ."-L01ceH Citizen.
Insurance Agent-"To what amount
do you want your building insured?"
Dutch Granger-"Vhat vosh dot, Ell?
How high am to insure themP Oh!
veil, so high dot de lightnin' don't
donner him down, und broad enough
to take in der barn, pig-pen and de
whole beezness. IN. Y. Independent.
-Peckham meeting an old friend)
-"Why, Dingley, is this you? l haven't
seen you for ten years. How are you,
anyhow" Dingley-"O, I'm just like l
used to be. BY the way, Peckham,
how's your wife? You used to say you
had the boss girl when you were single"
Peckham (sadly)-"She's still boss
Life.
"A Mild Rebuke-An Austin teacher
overheard one of the larger boys in the
class whispering to the boy below him
that the teacher was donkey. The
teacher did not get angry at all. He
did not seize the boy by the collar and
/ draw him over desk where he could
get at him conveniently. All the
teacher did was to remark placidIy:
"Har1y, l shall mark you deficient in
natural history. as you can not distin-
guish me from donkey. ."-Tezas sin:
iRaS,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24
PIN-MONEY POINTERS.
A Few Hints Concerning Home-Made U
sters, Muffs and Quilted Jackets.


sters, Mufs and Quilted Jackets.
A young lady who is contemplating
purchasing an ulster will have one that
is not so common in appearance if the
cape and sleeves are bordered with fur.
1t is best to save money for the fur on
the ulster. One of all-wool cloth, nicely
made, may be purchased for from $l2
to $l5, and SO or 81 will buy sufficient
two-inch fur to border the cape, neck
and sleeves,
Long fur mufls and boas of natural
lynx and other similar furs are ex-
tremely fashionable and becoming to
young ladies. The boa costs from $5to
$25 and the muff about the same, but
both can be made at home out of the
same quality of fur for just one-half the
money. For the boa buy three yards
of some long-haired fur, in what is
called the two-inch width, and another
yard for the muff. Take the boa fur,
and with very long needle and strong
WdNtu lliltn tlll csN ocW thO Ciiio w
gether. If the fur is not lined the cavity
must be filed with plenty of soft cotton
cut in long strips. The joining will
not show if little care is taken. The
muif may be made of any kind of ma
terial, the fur cut in two strips and
passed around it, being firmly fastened
toward the inside. The close-nap furs
are not so easily manipulated by anna
teurs, but may be made to look as well
with care. A beaver set of this kind
will cost from So to $l5, and it may be
made at home for 81 or So, of fur per-
haps even better in quality.
A little jacket made of quilted silk
should be in the possession of almost
every woman who wears wrap, in
stead of one of the close jackets. 1t
may be made with or without sleeves,
and should be worn on very cold days
as an additional protection. Inside
waists, made of chamois skin, are less
bulky and answer the purpose just as
well.-N. Y. Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24
TAGGING AT ETON.
How the Young Scholars Have to Serve
Their Cruel Fag- g-Masters


Their Cruel ag-Masters
Tagging is not easy work at Eton.
Fags not only have to wait on their
fag-masters at almost all hours, to
bring them water and to look out for
their rooms, but they even have to cook
for them. All the boys of house take
their dinner together, but excepting in
two or three houses where new rule
has been made, every one has his break
fast and tea in his own room. And for
these meals the poor fags are cooks and
walters. There is even kitchen pro-
vided for their special use where they
boil water, brew tea and toast bread.
Many heartaches have there been in
those little kitchens. Fancy a young
ster just out of the home nursery, you
might say, being set to making toast,
when he knows rs little about it rs he
does about Latin verses! And yet, if
it is not all right, his fastidious master
will take him to task with all the indig-
nation of disappointed hunger and then
send him off to do his work over again.
But he grows hardened by degrees to
this work, just as he does overse-mak-
ing, and in time can joke and laugh as
he cooks. And if while he talks he for
gets his toast and let's it burn, what
matter? With a little experience he
learns to scrape off the black with a
knife.-St. Nicholas.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY a. 1887.

white, or any other shade, so as to ex-
actly match the white of the remaining
zeal eye. Before the final CLOSING is
put on small red veins are traced with
a pencil on the surface. There is a
slight ridge along the edge, which en-
ables the muscles of the socket to move
and move the ball. Dealers keep them
in separate boxes, which they call the
blue box, brown box, and so on. These
boxes contain eyes of all sizes from as
large as a marble up to one as large as
pigeons egg"
"What are easiest to matchp"
"Brown, by all means; and blue are
the most difficult, as the play of light
about them gives variation of color
that is almost impossible to initiate
artifcially."
"Are they not hard to fit and con-
tinually falling out!''
''By no means, beyond little heavi-
ness that the wearer feels at first but
soon becomes accustomed to. We fit
the eyes to the sockets by heating and
softening the ball, and then cutting it
with hot scissors to the proper size and
shape. The hollow part fits over the
stump of the eye. When this is neatly
done the eye moves as readily as the
other eye and it is difficult to tell
which eye is glass. The great majority
of glass eyes are used by working-men
who work around foundries and ma
chine shops. 1t is said there are more
glass-eyed men in Paterson, N. j.,
than in any other city of the Union"
"There must be a great many hid
eous things connected with your busi-
ness"
Eyes, there are some funny things
told of the mishaps that befall people
who allow their innocent glass eye to
stare at people improperly. The gen
tlemen who was looking out of a street.
car window with his good eye and ad-
miring the pedestrians moving along,
was not aware that his glass eye was
gazing intently at a maiden lady of un-
certain age, but he soon became aware
of the fact when she, arising in great
anger, smashed in his brand new four
dollar silk hat, and shouted out: oh,
you nasty old wretch, what are you
looking at me fort! He paid his fare
and escaped, no doubt thinking she
had escaped from Longview. "-Cincin-
natl Telegraph.